diff --git a/utils/bump_version.py b/utils/bump_version.py
index c1002eb..43f3aab 100644
--- a/utils/bump_version.py
+++ b/utils/bump_version.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ parser.add_argument(
     "rule",
     help="either a semver string or a bump rule, will be passed to poetry",
 )
+parser.add_argument("--commit", action="store_true")
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 subprocess.run(["poetry", "version", args.rule], check=True)
@@ -19,3 +20,9 @@ version = pyproject["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
 
 with open("jubeatools/version.py", mode="w") as f:
     f.write(f'__version__ = "{version}"\n')
+
+if args.commit:
+    subprocess.run(["git", "reset"])
+    subprocess.run(["git", "add", "pyproject.toml", "jubeatools/version.py"], check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", f"Bump version to {version}"])
+    subprocess.run(["git", "tag", f"v{version}"])